An overview of the implications of global change for natural and managed terrestrial ecosystems

Ecology and Society

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1997, Pages

  Walker, Brian ^a   Steffen, Will ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biomes; Carbon dioxide; Climate; Dynamics; Ecosystem functioning; Global change; Impacts; Land use; Terrestrial biosphere; Vegetation changes

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249093407     PISSN: 17083087     EISSN: 17083087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5751/es-00028-010202     Document Type: Article

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